Top Ten Solo-Guitar Versions of ?The Star Spangled Banner?July 4, 2011
Happy 4th of July, everyone! In honor of today?s independence day, I think it?s fitting to share some videos of, what I would consider, some of the greatest guitar players to ever perform ?The Star Spangled Banner?.
Included in this column is Steve Vai?s particularly shred-awesome version of the song, Zakk Wylde?s gritty version, and Eric Johnson?s fluid version ? we can?t forget the versions by Dave Mustaine and Slash. Those are some great shredders, but lets not forget some of the classics such as Stevie Ray Vaughan (using a slide!) ? and of course, there?s the master of them all, Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock.
So I figured adding more solo-versions to this column, the better! I could?ve kept on going, but I think ten versions of the same song pretty much gets the point across, and this represents a great mix of versions and styles from shred, metal, bass and blues.
Videos:
ZAKK WYLDE
SLASHDAVE MUSTAINE
NEAL SCHON
TED NUGENT
STEVE VAI
ERIC JOHNSON
CLIFF BURTON
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN
JIMI HENDRIX
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